Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-08-23
Handling the .Pigskin.
Advancement Made During the
Week Among the Crack Base
Ball Organizations.
Leading Positions Materially
Unchanged in the Three
Principal Leagues.
BASE BALL.

Inc RECORD OF Livery week In the Ma
tional and Northwestern Leagues.
Last week was an eventful one In
base ball circles. and as usual the unex.
pected prevailed In q large degree.
Particularly is this true of the Ma
tional League games. II looked last
week as II Detroit and Chicago each
had dead easy game with Indianap-
oils and Pittsourg respectively and
that Boston should pound Washing
ton, but the outcome shows that In.
dianapolls took two out of three from
Detroit; that PittsLurg served Chicago
the same trick, and that Boston barely
made a stand-off with Washington,
losing two out of the four games
played. Philadelphia alone did what
was expected. and fulfilled our proph.
ecy of landing In fourth place by Sat-
urday night, for there she is and
crowding New York In third 30 hard
a. to be uncomfortable. Detroit
though still first is by no means
secure in the position. Once during
the week Chicago pulled up neck and
neck with the Michigandsrs and are
now only one game behind. Detroit
is not playing rs well as 1t should with
its splendid contingent of players.
This is the second week IL has I'm.
ished losing three out of ive. which II
persevered In must inevitably depose
1t from first place. Two weeks ago
the Detroits had clear lead of three
games over Chicago, five over New
York, six over Boston and nine over
Philadelphia, while to-day the gap 10
reduced to one over Chicago, three
over New York, four over Philadel-
phia and five over Boston. The boys
are surely losing their grip and unless
braced up will drop out In the pennant
race. Chicago is q strong favorite for
first position, and Is playing fairly
well, although disappointing its sup
porters occasionally in falling down
before weak clubs, as was notably the
case last week when the Whites lost
two out of three to Pittsburg. This
can reasonable be accounted for by
their playing weak nine In such
games to rest the star players, but those
who pin their faith on Spalding's men
can always feel reasonably sure Of .
victory when the Chicagos are pitted
against q rival for position. They
"play ball" then for all there is in 1t.
New York by the weeks play crowd.
ed Boston out Of third place but holds
Il by 90 trifling . margin that Phila-
delphia may claim 1t any day; open.
ing the week by two victories over
Boston. the giants fell victim to the
wonderful play Of the Pbillies, to
whom they dropped two games. won
one, and played one tie. The record
Of the Philadelphias for the past five
weeks approaches the phenomenal
having In that time won seventeen ouI
Of twenty-five games played, playing
every club In the league but Boston
and closed gap of six games between
them and the top club. Their admir-
ers have every reason to feel proud o.
them and are not TO be scofied at fol
fixing their eyes covetously on frs
place. Boston took severe drop dur
ing the week from third to fifth and
although they are not beyond reach o.
reclaiming the position, their present
play is not such as to warrant the be
lief that they will. Plttsburg made 9
jump from seventh to sixth, passing
Washington, but Ii too far behind Il
give hope Of any further advance
Washington and Indianapolis bring
up the rear. the latter with . slightly
improved percentage. The following
is the record: